Category: Sentinel-EDM News

  • Middlesex County budget to cut spending by more than $1M

    Restructuring plan began at beginning of 2011 BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer The Middlesex County Board of Freeholders has introduced a $404,234,000 operational budget for 2012. The operating budget cuts spending by more than $1 million from last year and $2 million from 2010. The decrease is part of a $5 million slash in salary and…

  • Provident raising funds for FoodBank

    The Provident Bank will once again hold a Deposit $1 of Hope fundraising drive at each of its branches throughApril 2 to benefit the Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ). “The Community FoodBank needs our help more than ever. A survey last year by the New Jersey Federation of Food Banks found that 49 percent…

  • Attendees have a howling good time at Super Pet Expo

    Vendors provide products, services, treats for pets of all shapes and sizes BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Above: Members of the Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League allow their dogs to mingle with one another on Feb. 10 during the Super Pet Expo, held last weekend at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center in Edison.…

  • Edison concert celebrates women percussionists

    Jin Won (above) of South Korea and Heena Patel (upper right) of Toronto are part of Taalika, an all-female tabla ensemble that will perform March 18 at the Taalim School of Indian Music in Edison. Professional tabla player and Taalim School musician Prasad Joshi (right) conducts the “Indian Rhythms and Accompaniment” workshop at the school…

  • Metuchen students come to aid of peers in Ghana

    BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Evan Robbins is pictured with children in Ghana during a visit several years ago. His organization, Breaking the Chain Through Education, has raised funds to build a school for former child slaves in the town of Awate Tornu. METUCHEN — A group of borough schoolchildren has made a difference in the…

  • Police ask residents to be alert about suspicious visitors

    Police in Edison and Metuchen are warning of a suspicious person who has been approaching area residents, asking to perform various services for money. In Edison, there were two incidents reported in the vicinity of Old Post and Meyer roads, in which an unknown male approached a residence around 4:36 p.m. on Feb. 1. Police…

  • Police: Edison man struck during attempted robbery on street

    EDISON — Police are investigating the attempted robbery and aggravated assault of a 45-year-old Edison man as he was walking along Dayton Drive last week. The incident occurred at approximately 3:22 a.m. on Feb. 2, police said. Police Lt. Sal Filannino said the victim told police he had just been dropped off, and as he…

  • Photo

    Photography majors Emily Keenan (l-r) of South Brunswick, Ashley Angalet of Edison and Dee Gillet of Woodbridge check out Tatana Kellner’s “Eye Witness” during the Feb. 2 opening reception of “Self: Scape” at Middlesex County College, Edison. The art exhibition runs through March 8 at the college’s Studio Theatre Gallery. SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Concerns surround election of Edison board vice chair

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — It was a simple misunderstanding. That is how resident Sal Pizzi described his swearing-in as vice chairman during the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s meeting on Jan. 17. Pizzi’s term on the board, as it turned out, had expired more than two weeks earlier. “If anyone was offended by…